porcini
Prized edible fungus
Porcini are prized edible mushrooms with meaty brown caps and thick white stems, native to forests across Europe and North America.
The name comes from Italian for "little pigs," perhaps reflecting their plump shape or the enthusiasm with which they're hunted.
Porcini appear frequently in Italian cuisine, dried or fresh, lending an earthy, nutty depth to risottos, pastas, and sauces.
I rehydrated some dried porcini for the soup.
Pore-bearing forest fungus
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- capCovering for top
- stemPlant's central axis
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
mycology · chanterelle · morel · truffle · shiitake · cremini · portobello · oyster
Creamy Italian grain dish
- pastaShaped wheat dough
- tagliatelleFlat ribbon pasta
- TuscanyCentral Italian region
- ragùItalian meat sauce
polenta · trattoria · antipasto · pappardelle · funghi · Italian · Piedmont · Emilia-Romagna
Coarse and unpretentious
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
- nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
- woodsyResembling forested areas
meaty · aromatic · rich · depth · robust · complex · intense · subtle
boletus
Pore-bearing forest fungus
spore · mycology · chanterelle · morel · truffle · shiitake · cremini · portobello · oyster · dried
risotto
Creamy Italian grain dish
- pastaShaped wheat dough
- tagliatelleFlat ribbon pasta
- TuscanyCentral Italian region
ragù · polenta · trattoria · antipasto · pappardelle · funghi · Italian · Piedmont · Emilia-Romagna
earthy
Coarse and unpretentious
woodsy · meaty · aromatic · rich · depth · robust · complex · intense · subtle · fragrant
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
harvest · basket · hunt · undergrowth · pine · oak · damp · seasonal · wild · picking
sautéed
Cooked quickly in fat
stock · broth · cream · butter · garlic · shallot · thyme · parsley · wine · reduction
- boletesbolete, boletus, imperator
- edible plantsvegetable, lettuce, carrot, spinach, cabbage
- fungimushroom, mushrooms, toadstool, toadstools, yeast
- foraged foodsdandelion, blackberries, blueberries, nuts, mushrooms
- mushroomsshiitake, portobello, button mushroom, cremini, morels
- Wild Foodswild berries, wild mushrooms, wild greens, wild honey, wild strawberries